Forum: Cork county-wide forum

Does anyone know if it is possible to view Irish Electoral Registers? I visited a relative when I was child, it would have been 1945 or 1946 but I do not know who they were. They lived in Desert or Ring near Clonakilty. My Grandfather was born in this neighbourhood in 1865 and emigrated to England...

I really need tuition in what Irish records are available, so that I can unravel a family secret. My Gt/Grandmother Emma Painter was always referred to as The Irish Granny. This turned out to be a total red herring and I spent years trying to find her. I unravelled part of her sad story just...

hi everyone, i was wondering if anyone who knows or have heard of the crean family in kinsale,parents frederick & maryellen crean(nee ward)or thier children.. richard (dick),benny (bunna),freddy,florry,eddie,tommy,& michael.....sheila,maureen,vera ,queenie,annie &...

I am trying to find a marriage for Richard Andrews to Ellen Lucey in Cork - who I believe were the parents of my grandfather Frederick John Andrews b. 1876. I have found an Ellen Lucey (widow) - aged 56 - in the Cork 1901/1911 census returns wih several other children. Frederick turned up in...

Hi all, Please forgive me if I've posted this here before, but I can not find anything through the search facility. John Ingram was born about 1785 and Grace Madder was born about 1791. They were married 1811 Diocese of Cork & Ross, county Cork, Ireland (found in Irish Records Extraction...

The family story has always been that my mothers PHAIR family came to London from Cork (city or county?) sometime in the 1800's. A bit vague certainly, but so far I've only managed to find 'Ireland' on census returns, and there were certainly Phairs in Cork, e.g. Pigots Directory 1824, has a Phair...

My gt.grandfather Cornelius Power was born 1839 in Aghada (parents Patrick Power (Seaman) and Joanna Finn. He was the seventh and last child. According to his marriage certificate in 1866 his father was already dead by that date. Joanna Power is in the Griffiths Valuation of 1851. I have the parish...

I will add my name to the masses of other folk looking for Irish origins. I don’t expect any short cuts and I know it won’t be easy. I have descendants John Cronin and Ann Dowse, both born in Cork according to the 1851 English Census ( Southwark St Saviour). I have applied for some...

I have an ancestor Ann Dowse who I would like to trace. Her married name Ann Cronin appears in the 1851 Census for St Saviour Southwark ( Loman St), aged 32 born in Cork Ireland. Her children were Mary, Ann, Margaret and Thomas all born in Southwark. I have a birth certificate for her 2nd...

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I know an Elizabeth Hartnett was born in 1829 in Cork.Her marriage certificate to Richard Godson states her father was a Richard Hartnett. Is it possible to find the marriage/birth details of Richard Hartnett?

Hi, Greatly in need of help. One of my ancestors Richard Ambrose Anniss B:1845 Devon. married an Ellen Noonan in Cork, don't know when. Richard was in the Royal Navy. They must have lived in Cork for a while because on IGI there is a birth record for a Richard Ambrose Anniss Aug 2 1879 Finure,...

Searching for Margaret (married name Rouse), born Cork 1787 approx. 1881 census living with Granddaughter and her family in Winchester, Hampshire. Granddaughter's name Emma Jeffery nee Atkins, born 1849 Sutton under Brailes, Gloucestershire, married 19th July 1869 Holy Trinity Church...

I am completely stumped with Irish Registration Districts. I visited the Irish GRO yesterday & was given a map with registration districts on but I have no idea where the village I am researching is on it. Does anyone know of a website, book or anything that could help? My gt grandfather was...

Could anyone tell me if Weavers Lane is still in cork city please. It was there in 1810 as my Callaghan ancestors were living there Thanks Kevynne

Roman Catholic register entries for the diocese of Cork & Ross have been released online this evening at IrishGenealogy, the website launched by the Department of Tourism, Sport & Culture last year. The records have been transcribed and indexed, and digital images of the original register pages...

This is my 1st attempt at Irish records. Where do I start? |help| Thanks